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Surnames of Maftirt^ i^xjigtn. 43
Mac Kermott [1430], Mac Cormot, Mac Germot,
[1511], Kermod [1586], Kyrmod, Cormod [1601],
CoRMODE [1656], Kermott [161 i], Kermode
[1694].
Andrease (vc), Jurby, German, Ballaugh, Lezayre, Marown,
Rushen, Lonan (c), elsewhere (u).
Connelly, contracted from Mac Conghalaigh, ' Con-
ghalad's son ' {Congal, ' a conflict ').
' Donnchadh, son of Donnchadh Ua Conghalaigh, royal
heir of Ireland, was slain a.d. ioi6.'*
It is a very common name in Ireland, but is
scarcely found in the Isle of Man now, though
formerly common in Jurby.
Cannell, from Mac Conaill, ' Conall's son,' though it
may sometimes be a contraction of Mac DomJmaill,
' Domhnall's son.' ' Domnhall is a diminutive of
the root dom = doniimis, " a lord or master." The
" d " by aspiration is often omitted in sound,
which has given rise to the family name Mac Con-
nell, now common in ULSTER.'t The confusion
between Mac Connell and Mac Donnell may
have been promoted by the fact that Connall was
actually the name of an ancestor of the O'Donnell
family,
'Connall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages
(from whom are descended the Cinel-Conaill), was slain.'J
The Scotch clan of Mac Donald derive their
name from Donald, eldest son of Reginald, second
son of the celebrated Somerled of Argyle, and King
of the Isles.
* Four Mast, Vol. II., p. 791.
t MS. letter from Dr. Joyce. % Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 147.